insider
insider — 名詞
1. a person who belongs to a particular group or organization and therefore knows t
圈內人
屬於某群體而得知內部消息的人
a person who belongs to a particular group or organization and therefore knows things about it that people outside the group do not know
After ten years, Noor was enough of a party insider to know the candidates.
十年後，Noor 已經算是夠核心的黨內圈內人，認識那些候選人。
be + enough of an insider + to-infinitive
A reporter called an insider at the hospital to ask about the new cancer treatment.
一名記者打電話給醫院的圈內人，詢問關於那個新癌症療程的消息。
Kwame worked at the museum and became an insider who knew which paintings were genuine.
Kwame 在博物館工作了五年，成了知道哪些畫作是真品的圈內人。
It took Sivan two years to become a real insider in the local art community.
Sivan 花了兩年時間才成為當地藝術圈的真正圈內人。
Only insiders at the club knew that the board had already chosen the new director.
只有俱樂部的圈內人知道董事會已經選好了新任主管。
- outsider
a person who does not belong to a particular group or organization
用法筆記
Often appears in the pattern 'enough of an insider' and in compound nouns such as 'party insider' or 'Washington insider'.
常見錯誤
2. a person who works for a company or has a close relationship with it and has acc
內部人
可接觸公司機密資訊的人
a person who works for a company or has a close relationship with it and has access to private financial or operational information that people outside the company cannot get
Securities laws forbid company insiders from trading shares based on unpublished financial results.
證券法禁止公司內部人根據未公布的財務業績買賣股票。
forbid insiders from [gerund]
The quarterly results were leaked by an insider before the official release.
那季的財報結果在正式發布前就被一名內部人洩漏出去。
passive: leaked by an insider
An investigation found that company insiders had sold their stock just before the price dropped.
調查發現，公司內部人在股價下跌前就已賣掉持股。
As a senior manager, Lucía was a company insider who reported her stock trades.
Lucía 身為高階經理人，是公司內部人，會申報自己的股票交易。
The board appointed outside directors to reduce the influence of company insiders on major decisions.
董事會任命了兩名外部董事，以降低公司內部人對重大決策的影響力。
- outsider
a person not employed by or connected to the company
用法筆記
Frequently passive or followed by 'from' + gerund in legal contexts describing restrictions. The compound 'insider trading' refers to the illegal practice of buying or selling shares using non-public information.